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Sarkophagus: Hollande Wins French Presidency
And so one more tumbles to the popular wave of anger and discontent.
- Francois Hollande wins 51.9% of the vote according to exit polls
- The 57-year-old Hollande got about 52 percent against about 48 percent for Sarkozy, according to estimates by pollsters CSA and Harris Interactive
- Nicholas Sarzkoy concedes defeat in presidential election to Francois Hollande

From France24:
Socialist Party challenger François Hollande has beaten incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in a tight run-off election to win the French presidency with 51.9% of the vote to Sarkozy’s 48.1%, Ipsos exit polls show.
Not a surprising victory, and one which will likely have less immediate impact on Europe than the stunning result in Greece as noted yesterday, but still a huge move: this is the first socialist president of France since Francois Mitterande and the first loss of an incumbent in 30 years, as massive political changes continue to buffet a depressionary Europe.
In the meantime, farewell Sarko...
From Reuters:
Socialist candidate Francois Hollande won France's presidential election runoff on Sunday, beating President Nicolas Sarkozy by a clear margin, according to projections by pollsters.
Polling institutes predicted Hollande would win between 51.8 and 52.0 percent of the vote versus Sarkozy's tally of between 48.0 and 48.2 percent.
Hollande, who had led conservative incumbent Sarkozy in polls for months, would become France's first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.
And Bloomberg:
Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the French presidential election makes him the ninth European leader to be booted out since the region’s debt crisis began.
Sanctioned for his flamboyant personal style and slowing economic growth, Sarkozy lost to Socialist Francois Hollande, who got 52 percent of the vote against 48 percent, five polling estimates showed. Sarkozy becomes the second French president to lose a re-election bid since World War II after former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing was vanquished in 1981.
With joblessness at a 12-year high and public debt at a record, the electorate proved unwilling to forgive the 57-year- old lawyer for foibles such as celebrating his 2007 victory at a chic Paris restaurant and a holiday on a billionaire’s yacht, making the election an anti-Sarkozy vote.
“If the French had jobs and more money in their pockets, they’d be confident and ready to forgive,” said Laurent Dubois, a professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris.
Sarkozy joins a long list of victims of the crisis, which began with subprime mortgages in the U.S. before causing government yields to diverge across Europe. Leaders in Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Netherlands were elbowed out from their posts.
A real time French vote map can be found at the Ministry of the Interior's website:
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Please learn how to spell his name: NiColas Sarkozy, with a C not Ch. thanks
meanwhile, goldman's sacks just declared war on france. there will be a massive bombing of bonds in the morning.
He got out while the getting's good.
Antipodes FTW.
Europe is still sore from all of that Goldman Sex!
Many Americans wouldn't find France on the map. So who cares? Mavs were swept away by City Thunder. That's all what counts.
France? Most americans know exactly where it is... it is right across the street from new york, new york... i mean the bellagio; anyways you just need to take the walkway from the luxor after the all you can eat buffett, the effiel tower is right thur
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. --Charles de Gualle
Vive la France; freedom fries bitches. The sheeple are going to have a strange Monday morning: and as noted before by several others, how is the MSM going to spin this shit? Focus on facebook IPO, nothing to see here...
Marketmuppetwatch.com has already said French election was priced in. Exact quote. Ha. Cough, but Greece wasnt??
The spin is simple. "France votes against austerity." The entire Global Bank Cartel communication machine has been pushing that message for weeks. Keynesian Europe! Print more money! Spend now, cut later!
Good, good. Now France will be bring more democracy to East *grin*
There is growing number of French immigrants into nearby countries.
the banksters ruled europe yesterday, they rule europe today, and when the sun comes up tomorrow they will still be the ones in running the show.
so the only thing this election changed, like so many others, is what packaging, options and features your new teleprompter comes with.
works the same in europe as the US.
I guarantee you, the French military will now have more barbers, chefs, maids and tailors than active combat troops.
goodbye Sarko, true young brother of GWB, friend of Oligarchy. Now the hard work begins for his statist adversaries who have officially claimed : 'Its the Financialisation which is the problem'. Having said that, will they deliver? If you know anything about french socialisim its two faced and totally inefficient; worse, Jacobin in bad faith, which makes it totalitarian and non-pragmatic when push comes to shove like in Algeria of old, exceedingly dogmatic inspite of its origins steeped in Enlightenment, like this Euro fabrication.
Well we know what's ahead, the greatest crisis of western capitalism. So they have their backs to the wall and it needs courage, imagination and TRUE GRIT, belief in VALUE SYSTEMS.
Good luck Hollande...even if I know what is probably up ahead...lets stay optimistic until presumption of innocence, benefit of doubt, becomes certainty of fact.
I saw the French Gub'mint employees cheering in the streets.....
Is Wisconsin next?
Of course, why should the Hoi Poloi suffer "The Austerity" when Bankers collect record bonuses? 'tis a complex problem, me thinks.
Now we see the acceleration of the EU plan to disconnect itself from the 'anglo-saxon' financial system.
We are in similar territory to the 1930's. Back then, Germany and it's WW1 allies struck back against the banking cartel that had reduced it's people to serfs, namely through reperations.
Very similar situation now, except France, as plainly stated by Hollande, takes the lead against 'austerity' forced upon it by the GS PM's infesting Europe. Select members of the EU will follow France's lead in nationalising their respective banking systems, enraging the US/UK/JAP CB's and govvies.
We all know what happened the last time a European country tried to break the power of the banking cartel.
But that can't happen any more - we all have nuke power plants scattered across our countries. Those puppies cannot go without a fully functioning infrastructure - and infrastructures tend to get bombed to fuck in war.
Interesting to see what comes next.
Bye Bye Sarko...you little douche.
Hello Hollandaise sauce...the new douche
cram that wine bottle down Sarcophagus's throat
The wrting is on the wall. Europe will halt this austerity nonsense, and print to keep the socialist agenda alive. Problems with health care? problems with pensions? problems with the banks? Not to worry, socialist philosphy proves you can print as much as you want.
The banks love this because they are the beneficiaries of government borrowing/printing, well, at least until they default. No need for austerity now, you'll get the home gown variety once the Euro fails and you start printing Francs again.
All this was predictable, but it is a little unnerving to see it actually happening.
I was in france several years ago when they were rioting about not getting paid enough socialist monies... in fact i think the subway was shut down. Europe will never go for austerity; they really need to call it something else like the jon val jon baguette tax for la noblesse.
Nor will the US citizens stand for it when their unemployment/ disability checks stop... see it used to be thar there were jobs for the avg. SES;
That is how Nixon trick fucked america with his silent majority... now all you can do is 1) be cop, 2) join the military, 3) or get your hippi drum circle slacktavist on (those are about thethe onlyc choices for the AVG. American male); so now it's all gov. Transfers... bring on the austerity baby... sarc...
Now the French have a socialist president? Oh man this is bad
None of this matters. It's too late. Europe has been paying debt with debt for years.
Let the eat CAKE!!!!!!!!
Its all OVER nut the Cryin.....just my 2c
Nemo
...hey, it a French Cracker version of Rosemary's Baby, dipped in Hollandaise Sauce. No French version of Ron Paul for the (leaping into the black hole) Frogs? What a surprise. LMAO. Love their election 2112 logo. Lol, a RUSH to power, ''we have assumed control, we have assumed control''.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbgnlTo6t0
As someone smart once said, "Be careful what you wish for...
they'll get what they deserve
shit, if i were sarkozy, i would be begging to get the fuck out of there with what's coming down the pipe. the guy's not an idiot, and he is french, after all!
Hollande: click you ruby slippers together and everything will be fine!
http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/french-elect-socialist-president-and-click-ruby-heels-saying-there-is-no-place-like-greece-a-pictorial-guide/
That great clapping sound? The sound of money running away from high taxes.
The french can hope for high tax and handouts all they like. They got Hope, and hope is the justification for lazyness.
They can always shake down the Germans.
Socialism is dead! Long live Socialism!
Adieu Sarkozy!
Edit:
Audiable Sarkozy!
I wonder what new gig the little midget has planned?
The fact that the euro is 1.30 should be an indictment against the fed and an embarrassment to every American. Until you realize that the Euro is just the old German Mark in drag. Now reality is here. Anyone that has been to Europe knows that most of the place (outside of the Nordic countries) is like Mexico. Interested in siestas and partying until the dawn, no real industries to speak of except tourism. Party is OVER dudes. Now go back to your own currencies so I can visit again without paying 8 bucks for a Coke....bitchez.
Hey socialism works, they just haven't tried it with the right people.
Sarkozy has to be one of the happiest folk on the planet. he lost a close race, gave it his all, and won't be around to be burned at the stakes of history. off quietly to a remote free and clear retirement villa.
OT ( if that's possible in this thread...) my earlier thoughts on a bettor than expected summer ahead still hold today. truck traffic was good both coming and going. some big equipment too. caterpillar...motor homes, campers...definitely startin to be noticeable. trains moving, even a bit of lumber. I84 east of portland a ways. lots of water. gorgeous columbia gorge.
but glad to be back home.
France? What is France? Is it an idea? Is it a geographic boundry? Is it a culture and a people? For the culture and people is no more, replaced with Muslims and Africans.
All persons of European descent should mourn the death of France. Let this serve as notice to the rest of you - your time comes soon.